Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-10

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/ The City Attorney informed your COM
| mittcc some time $50 that the Clarke
survey OF the city has never been re-
corded in the clerks Office, and it will
be necessary before it can be done to
/ have new map made OF the same scale
/ as the one now in possession Of the city,
which can he done at "a cost Of SO.
Your committee would respectfully ask
to be allowed to have the map made and
recorded at once.
COWARDIS-AvENUE BRIDGE.
/ The committee further reported in re-
lation to the bridge over the Richmond
and Petersburg railroad on CoWardin
avenue that the City Attorney had looked
into the matter, and he was OF the opin-
| ion that the Council had 10 right to make.
any such contract as the one entered
| into by the city with said company IN
reference to the city keeping said bridge
in repair. With the report was resOlu-
/ ton requiring the Richmond and Pet rs
burg Railroad Company to put bridge
across said road on Cowardln avenue at
once under the direction and supervision
Of the City Engineer.
City-Attoyney William I. Clopton, who
was present, urged tue importance to the
( city OF having acCpy Of the map referred
to made Should the one III existence
he burned it might cost the city thou
sands OF dollars to re-estabish her Dor
dcrs.
Mr.. Walsh inquired where this large
amount of money had been spent on the
streets. lie was unable to see the result
of it,
Mr.. Bradley submitted the weekly re-
port of the City Engineer showing ex-
actly where each days work was done.
/ The report was adopted as a whole.
PAVING HULL STREET.
The Street Committee reported sepa-
rate from their regular report that the
City Engineer at the suggestion OF the
committee had prepared statement
showing that the cost OF resettDg the
curbing, taking up and repaviDg six feet
Of gutter, paving thirteen feet of sidewalk
with the best paving brick from the
canal to the east side of Hull street
would be S1l,G42. With this was aTesO-
/ luton providing that the Street Com
mittee have this work done at once under
| the paving ordinance recently adopted.
Mr. Walsh was surprised that such
propositlon should be made at this sea-
son of the year. Work OF tins kind
should begin III the spring when good
weather is ahead, and not IN the fall or
winter. lie repeated what be had often
said-that he thought this ordinance a
most Infamous one.
Mr. Bradley explained that it was not
intended to begin this work before about
April: that it would take from now until
then to make the necessary arrangements
to begin the work.
Mr.. Perdue suggested that it might be
well to recommit this resolution and let
the committee give the subject further
consideration. 1t was also desirable that
the Finance Committee should take into
consideration the question OF issuing the
| paving bonds.
After further discussion this course
was taken. Mr.. Bradley, while speak
/ ing, expressed doubt as TO whether tins
work will be done even in the spring.
Mr.. Faulkner suggested that the COM
mittees consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF eX-
tending the work up Hull street to the
corporation limits.
OTHER REPORTS.
The Cemetery Committee reported
that Mr.. Lesvcnworth had made n sur
vey and map of Maury cemetery at
cost Of S236.
The Committee on Public Lands and
Buildings reported adversely on the pro
position of Messrs Hall a. Nichols offer
ing TO buy the city's lot at the corner OF
Ninth aud Decatur streets.
WITHDRAWN.
4 letter was read from Mr.. Leonard,
president of the Old Dominion Electric
Light and Power Company, withdraw
ing the proposition made some time ago
for lighting the streets of the city. No
action having been taken on the propo-
sition was the reason why this course
was taken.
TROUBLE ABOUT A STREET
A communication was read from Mr..
Rolliu. who lives on Eighth street be-
tween Perry and McDonOugh, asking that
the Street Committee be restrained
from further cutting into Eighth street
until the city is in condition TO have the
street graded. The trouble is that tue
Grade from Perry street to Mr.. holm
house is very steep, and cutting holes
into it makes it almost impossible,
especially in wet, muddy weather.
Mr. Bradley. chairman OF the Street
/ Committee, was not aware that taking
dirt from tins street to fill holes at an
other place had made Mr. Rollins place
more inaccessible; on the other hand, he
thoupht il If the work was done as he
directed would have improved it.
II was deemed unwise to attempt to
grade the street just now, so the whole
matter was referred to the Street Com
mittee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The question OF furnishing an armory
for the colored military company was
postponed until the next meeting.
Meantime the officers Of the company
/ will look out for a suitable hall.
Mr.. O'Brien called the Councils atten-
ton TO the dangerous condition OF the
bridge over the railroad at Cowardin
avenue. and the Street Committee was
/ directed to make an examination OF 1t
and condemn it if they think proper.
/ A number Of bills not included in the
/ Finance Committees report and aggre-
eating about $500 were ordered TO be
paid and at $3.50 o'clock the Council
adjourned.
CENTRAL cLUB.
The Democratic Central CLUB held q
/ leroeIy-attenaedi neetinQi Odd Fellows
Hall last night. In the absence OF Presl-
dent James +. Bradley. who was attend
ing the Council, Mr.. Fl. Fitzgerald called
the meeting to order, MIR. +. Q. d.
Farmer, one of the vice-presidents, pre-
sided, aud Mr. Charles u. Page acted as
secretary pro TEN.
The Hall Committee reported that
they had secured the use OF Odd-Feilows'
Hall.